Press release: “There's Life On Earth But Not On Mars - Here’s One Reason Why” (March/2016)

Press release: “Hot Jupiters courting baby stars?” (Sept/2015)

Preliminary evidence that a hot Jupiter orbits a 2-My star of the Taurus star forming region. This finding suggests that hot Jupiters can be generated in as little as a few million years - a timescale equivalent to one week if the 10-billion-year-lifetime of a planetary system were scaled down to a human life. You can check the press release “Hot Jupiters courting baby stars?”here. The original work has been published in Donati et al (2015, MNRAS 453, 3706).

You can check the press release “Red dwarf stars could strip away planetary protection”here. The original work has been published in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Check also the articles published in Sky & Telescope (by Mark Zastrow) and Astronomy Now (by Keith Cooper).

Press release: “Finding the deadly stellar winds that could put a stop to life” (Jul/2013)

You can check the press release about “Finding the deadly stellar winds that could put a stop to life”here, a work that is being carried out by (the so) PhD student Joe Llama.

About my recent work: “Protecting planets from their stars” (Jan/2013)